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.. ARMY -- NAVY -- AIRFORCE" ¥ "Here are your Three Stars . . . © Th E hy here Is A Great Difference We hear a lot of talk these days about turn out more shoes, more umbrellas or productivity and its importance to Can- more cars in less time than it did be- i) future economic growth, and fore, then the. factory's productivity {a hg many) of us are confused by what the has been increased. implies, often equating producti- What are some of the effects of in- vity with production. There is a great creased productivity ? In the first place, ~ difference between production and pro- increased productivity results in Jower-- ductivity, When we speak of produc- unit costs. This difference in cost can tion, we are speaking of an increase in be used in many ways. Some of the the flow of goods produced; when we difference may be passed on to the em- speak of productivity we are referring ployees in higher wages or benefits; to goods produced at lower unit cost. some may be passed in to shareholders For example, if by the use of improved as increased dividends; and some may machinery, improved plant layout or be passed on to the consumer in lower- improved techniques, a factory can ed prices. In addition, some may be ploughed back to provide even better working facilities, still better produc- tion machinery to Turther improve the productive processes, a Productivity is indeed the 9th cen- tury miracle which has given every Home Paper Thoroughly Read One of the drawbacks of daily papers, FL fel: a= (SSX, wrote a weekly editor back in 1927, was that they were getting to be too cum- -bersome. Some of them, he said, con- tained such a large amount of reading matter and advertising that much of it was never read. It may be wonder- ed what he would think of papers forty years later. Lo Some of the weeklies have grown FAY ter too and the weekend issue of the New York Times is so big that small boys in New York have been known to make a little pocket money by accept- ing tips for carrying the Sunday Times home for the feebler residents of Man- hattan. But the point that the editor was leading up to is probably still true: that the weekly paper is likely to be. "read by all the members of the family right through. --The Printed Word t Ideas Can Pay Off Even in this highly specialized age, the ability of individual employees within industry to contribute useful, cost-cutting ideas should not be under- estimated. The most recent example of note is that of a body layout man at a Michi- gan car plant. Within the past year Canadian more of the good things of Ml : i o : bein \T life than ever before. Useful Equipment The Ontario Safety League reports that a small Emergency Oxygen Mask is now being marketed in Canada. It contains 10 minutes' supply of pure ox- ygen, for emergency treatment in cases of heart attack, stroke, shock, drown- ing, smoke inhalation, emphysema. It weighs only 1% pounds. and sells for $7.95. The OSL has not tested the pro- duct but believes that many people would find it of value to have an easily accessible supply of oxygen in the home office or cottage. The OSL, 208 King . Street West, Toronto, would pass on to gre iit supplier any inquiries received from' interested members of the public. The Ontario Safety League quotes some excuses recorded by drivers at accident scenes : } "A pedestrian hit me and went under my car." "l misjudged a lady orang the street." "TI thought the side window was down, but when" my head went through it I found it was actually - 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 11. 1917 At the regular meeting of Reach Township Council a by-law was passed appoint- ing Dr. Henders. M.H.O. for: T1917 at a salary of $15.00. Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Reader, Scugog are spending the Eas- ter Holidays with Mrs. Carl Seymour, Toronto. Mr. R. U. Irwin and family have returned home after spending the winter in Oril- lia. He has sold both his houses on Borelia, but in- tends building a bungalow on the lot he still retains. Mr. Gordon Bradley has returned to Port Perry after spending three years in An- derson, Indianna. ~ Dr. Ducan Campbell has taken up practice in New York. 25 YEARS AGO April 16th, 1942 Murray Holtby is taking a special R.C.A.F. Pilot's Train- ing Course at Eglinton. L.A.C. William Williard, who has been stationed at Regina, is spending his fur- lough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willard. The tax rate was struck for 1942 at 22.3 mills at the Reach Township meeting recently. The Centre Road, or what is now called No. 12 Highway was opened through Green- bank on the 15th day of April, 1859. Manchester and Prospect Council 'communities assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Holtby to honour their daughter, Marion who was 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 11th. 1957 Blue Ray Chapter enter-. tained at Friendship night... Guest speakers were the Worthy Matron of Sunland Chapter and W. P. Judson Walker of San il ter. ; a Mr. Walt Rogers, Epsom attended the 116th Regiment banquet held in Oshawa. Mr. Neil Holthy. Prospect is home from the hospital, following his appendix op- eration. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tay- lor, Blackstock were host and hostess to a dinner party in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A J A we SEER A SAR Ly SEER > Seay a Ee he has won" three new cars and three separate cheques for $6,000 each for his suggested improvements in car as- sembly operations. In eight years with the company he has won a total of $32,000. None of these ideas were in the geni- us class. Most were quite modest and simple of execution. But all of them . had one thing in common: they im- proved efficiency. And each began 'with the thought: "Suppose we were + ME odin bogie iui Sri Ea a PORT PERRY STAR | CO., LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas \ WM. T. HARRISON, Editor up." "The other man altered his mind so I had to run over him." I'D RATHER EAT SPAM One of the great, bruising stresses of mod- ern society to which socialogists pay little, at- tention was "imposed on me this week, I traded my car for a new one. This psychological crisis comes to all of us, every two or three years. It bears looking at, as a manifestation of the tremendous pressures 'we have to cope with. and our grandfathers. i, didn't, What a snap they had. They went to a reputable horse-dealer and bought a horse.. No sweat, They didn't even have to make the agonizing decision "of whether to buy a 'brand new one or a late-model used. There was no such thing as a new horse. What's more, they enjoyed it. There was some good-natured dickering which usually ended with both parties thinking they had got the better of the deal. Grampa chuckled as Pte. Martin King, Sonya, was killed in action at the front. recently --married to Dyle Thompson of Aylmer. They were presented with a chest of silver. Taylor's. Fortieth wedding anniversary. They were pre- sented with a platform rock- er. ; felt the beast here and there, hitched it up for a trial spin, and 'made his deal. There was only so much that could be wrong with a horse. He could be blind, or spavined, or wind-briken. But he didn't rust, there was no chance of his brakes grabbing, his trans- . - mission was automatically automatic, and he didn't cost $1500 a year for life. And that's one of the reasons I buy a car exactly the way Grampa used to buy a horse. I look at its teeth. That is. I lift hood to make sure there's a motor, and open trunk to make sure there's a spare. I don't feel the beast "here and there, but I kick the tires ahd give the doors a good slam or two. I take it for a little trial spin.\ And if nothing falls off. and the color suits. my wife, I deal. There are different types of car buyers, of course. There's the kid who makes $60 a week. He walks up to the red convertible - down the street has offered him. He seldom has a car more than six months and is deluded into thinking that his lot is improving with every trade. But for the average layman today, buying a car is an excruiciating ordeal. He suspects the dealer. He fears ridicule from his friends, all of whom have made excellent deals lately: . He dreads the interview: with the bank man- ager. He trails from one car lot to another: trying to find a buick for the price of a volks- wagen. And the Yprolstey must match all his wife's clothes. ; Not me. Not no more. Life's 100 short, " Yesterday, I bought in 20, minutes.. Let my 'wife drive it home. Oh. there were one or two little things. It stalled, and we discovered the battery cable was loose. The light in the ceiling wouldn't go out and I had to phone the dealer to find out where the switch was. A P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher he drove his lively gelding home; thinking of with 80 yards of chrome, bucket seats and One of the doors won't close. And there was # Member of the Canadian Weekly how much trade-in allowance he'd received dazzling wheel discs, points to it and says, a delightful bit of family excitement when % Newspaper. Assoc, "for 01d Min, the mare. who hadn't much mile- ~~ Gimme dat one" Cheerfully, he signs the in. my wife pushed the window-washer button, it 5 Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. - Published every. Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., 'Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. + Subscription Rates, In Canada $8.00 per yr. Wisewhere, $4.60 per yr. Single Copy 10ec. LA A A A SSS ARRAS SS SSS SENSES SENN A A A hh hai hh Sh A A AAA AAA RAR ALAA AAA RAAB ARR BAAR RS age left in her. And the dealer chuckled as he thought of the gelding steadily going blind, and the fact that the preacher, who knew no- - thing about horses, was looking for a quiet mare like Old Min. My point is that it was not the wrenching, exhausting thing that a modern car deal is. The average layman then knew whether a horse was sound. He took a look at the teeth, denture papers which will enslave him for four years, and departs the lot with a squeal of tires. Where else can he find power and sex appeal for a lousy $80 a month? And there's the born horse-trader, who deals for the sheer joy of it. He spends most of his spare time in car dealers' lots, badgering the salesmen, disparaging the merchandise, and quoting the terrific deal that Honest John stuck, and soapy water gushed over the wind- shield for five minutes with more suds than a detergent commercial. But it'll all work out. Three years from now, it'll be just another rust-bucket, almost paid for. And I have probably added a year to my life by buying like Grampa. Try it .. yourself, ~Toronto Telegram News Service